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00:02C'est parti !
00:30And then Bob started having sex with Diane.
00:32To add that extra dynamic was like adding fuel to a fire.
00:36When Bob found out about Diane having slept with black men,
00:42the shit hit the fan.
00:44And Diane goes up the stairs and says,
00:48I have sucked his too many times to start kissing his ass now.
00:53Woo! That was the end of Diane Parkinson on The Price is Right.
01:00She said, I'm gonna get my attorney.
01:02He was sexually harassing me.
01:04That's when things got even worse.
01:07Once Diane filed that lawsuit, everything changed.
01:13I was being fired and I would not be coming back.
01:16She said, hell no.
01:19Holly's legal battle was epic.
01:23Holly, she's in the ring fighting this death match with him.
01:29You ready to hear some shit?
01:33I knew Bob was the enemy.
01:36They were only allowed to have two black contestants on the show at a time.
01:40Step forward, please.
01:41The guts that it took to defend her name against one of the most powerful men in the entertainment business.
01:49They really were the unsung warriors of Me Too.
02:08The quiz show sex scandal that is rocking Hollywood, Parkinson alleges sexual harassment.
02:13But Barker claims she's a liar.
02:16When Diane Parkinson sues him for sexual harassment, that was significant because it was the first time that someone really
02:25was taking a stand.
02:27Then you also have the willingness of Bob Barker to use the media.
02:31He just went on a full frontal attack to shame her.
02:36It has been suggested that since I terminated this relationship, that it might be a bit of the old woman
02:45scorn.
02:46All you hear left and right was, you know, sexual harassment, sexual lawsuits.
02:51And it got to the point where the whole thing turned sour backstage.
02:57Every time you went to the studio, you had to sit with lawyers.
03:02And all they wanted to hear was all the bad stuff about Diane and how Bob could not have possibly
03:09sexually harassed Diane.
03:14I wanted nothing to do with it.
03:17I was the only one that was asked to give a deposition that did not.
03:21I didn't want to commit felony perjury, which is exactly what it would have been if I'd given testimony.
03:29The fact that Holly did not want to testify, mm, I think that was a bad choice.
03:35Because if you weren't on Team Bob, look out.
03:43The situation between Bob and Holly was one in which he wanted her support in his legal troubles.
03:49He wanted her to back him up.
03:52And when she didn't do that, she was punished.
03:56That is when Bob Barker versus Holly Hallstrom starts.
04:02So Bob and one of the producers come into my dressing room.
04:07I was in shock because Bob would never come into my dressing room.
04:12And Bob told me that my weight was a problem.
04:16And I explained that I was on a prescription medication, but that my doctor assured me that once my hormones
04:27had balanced out, the weight gain would end.
04:31Bob said, well, just do whatever it takes to lose the weight.
04:34I said, well, that would require me going off the medication.
04:38Do you want me to go off the medication?
04:40He said, I just want you to do whatever it takes to lose the weight.
04:44Just lose the weight.
04:47And then Bob told the director, I want you to shoot Holly differently now.
04:53Only from the head up and only when absolutely necessary.
04:59And I was cut out of at least 50% of the show.
05:03We thought it was kind of odd.
05:05We knew it wasn't just about the weight.
05:08They couldn't use the, well, she refused to lie for me excuse to get rid of me.
05:14So they said it was because of my weight.
05:18That's when I knew I was being set up to be fired.
05:23Right in the middle of the drama that was happening between Bob and Holly, Diane dropped her lawsuit.
05:28And again, he was making appearances on talk shows.
05:32The fact that she's dismissed the lawsuit is total vindication for me.
05:37When Diane Parkinson dropped her lawsuit against Bob Barker, I wasn't surprised.
05:44Because the powerhouse that she was up against, their pockets were endless.
05:51And she stepped away.
05:56The last day anyone on that set saw Diane was the last day she shot Price is Right.
06:05Thank you. Thank you. I love you.
06:09After that, I have never talked to Diane again.
06:12I have no idea where she is.
06:15I don't know, but it's entirely possible that she signed a non-disclosure so she cannot speak.
06:22So she just disappeared forever.
06:40So after Diane dropped the lawsuit, Holly lost the weight.
06:46But you could feel that.
06:48Barker was pissed off that Holly did not give a deposition.
06:53And he never forgot that.
06:56After we had wrapped, it was late at night and Barker and one of the other producers had come into
07:04my dressing room again.
07:05And said, my weight was still a problem and I was going to be taking early retirement.
07:12When I didn't agree, that's when the whole thing blew up.
07:21And then the lawyers called me and started negotiating terms of my retirement.
07:27And I'm like, I don't want to retire.
07:29There's no need for me to retire.
07:32But there really was no choice.
07:35Barker wanted me gone.
07:37I was being fired and I would not be coming back.
07:42After close to 20 years on the show, it devastated all the fans.
07:51People who, you know, really loved me.
07:57And you can feel that.
08:02That's one of the best things about being a celebrity is you can give people excitement and make a moment
08:13special, you know?
08:17And I miss that.
08:20Oh, yeah, we got to stop.
08:23I'm going to go into the can ugly crime.
08:32I hate that man.
08:41I was young when Holly had her last episode of The Price is Right.
08:47But I think that the people who saw what was going on knew that she was getting screwed.
08:54Keep in mind that this is one of the most popular people on that show.
08:58And so the audience is wondering what's happening.
09:01The network put out press releases why Holly was no longer on the show.
09:07And just said that she elected to leave on her own and took her early retirement.
09:13When Holly heard about that, she said, hell no.
09:18That is not the truth.
09:23CBS ran Bob Barker's PR campaign.
09:28And they were the only people being heard.
09:32So I said, I'm going to tell somebody the truth.
09:36I didn't retire.
09:37I didn't leave.
09:39And I didn't quit.
09:40They kicked me out.
09:41So Holly Holstrom decides to go on hard copy and tell me exclusively what life was really like behind those
09:50big doors at The Price is Right.
09:51And it sounded pretty damn harrowing.
09:54After I had gone on hard copy and told everyone the truth, I knew he would come after me.
10:04And the next thing you know, my lawyers called and said, Bob Barker just filed a lawsuit against you for
10:12slander, libel and defamation.
10:16And after that, no one spoke to me.
10:19No one returned my calls.
10:22They were just gone.
10:24Poof.
10:25It was all gone.
10:28It was very clear that loyalty was expected.
10:30And if you didn't provide it, you would be fired.
10:32Because despite all this that was happening, Barker is on top of the world.
10:38This is a guy who was a national icon.
10:41Bob Barker, come on down!
10:44He's still so beloved.
10:48You know, all American game shows, looking out for animals, giving everybody a chance and giving them cars.
10:56It's Barker.
10:57That's right.
10:58Big Bad Barker.
10:59Big Bad Barker.
11:00Big Bad Barker.
11:04Big Bad Barker.
11:04That whole world he lives in, just kisses his behind.
11:09Big Bad Barker.
11:11And now I am so alone.
11:14Gosh.
11:15So alone.
11:18And going through the court process.
11:20By myself.
11:21C'était la meilleure chose dans ma vie, parce que avec Barker, c'était juste comme
11:28fighting une machine, c'était une machine qui m'a dit, c'était un peu plus de temps.
11:40Et puis un jour, Linda Riegert, elle était en production assistant, elle m'a dit,
11:46et elle m'a dit, «Holly, je ne peux pas avoir l'air, et je vais te dire quelqu'un
11:52la vérité,
11:53parce que je suis là, je l'ai entendu ce que je dis, et je sais qu'il est lying.
12:01So the real Bob Barker was really not a nice man.
12:06Barker wanted her to take early retirement.
12:08It wasn't a conversation, it was a command.
12:12She was pushed out.
12:14My name is Linda Riegert, and I worked on the Prices Right from 1993 to 2000.
12:25I started work there when I was about 40, 41.
12:33That was a dream job for me.
12:40Barker always came to me for pretty much everything.
12:43He always was really good to me, until I overheard those conversations,
12:48and then everything changed.
12:53I would sit in my office, it was right next door to Holly's, and the walls were very thin.
12:59I overheard the very last conversation between them.
13:03Barker said that I wanted her to take early retirement,
13:06that she was going to be leaving the show,
13:08and she said that she had lost most of the weight,
13:11and she didn't want to take early retirement.
13:14And he said, well, that's too bad, you're going to.
13:16I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
13:19Nobody knew that I was in there.
13:22And now I had a problem, because I heard everything.
13:31Eventually, Barker found out that I had overheard these conversations,
13:35and my life became hell on that stage.
13:38Anything that I did, and if it was the slightest bit off,
13:42he would call me over to the center of the stage and reprimand me.
13:47One time, he called me a dumb bitch.
13:50But nobody ever heard it, because he would drop the mic.
13:54He would just look into me like he was trying to burn my soul up.
13:58It was just awful.
14:03I was so proud to testify for Holly,
14:06but I had no idea that it would change my whole life.
14:12Once again,
14:14the horns came out.
14:17Anyone who would speak out against them
14:19would lose just about everything.
14:21And no one was safe.
14:35At this time,
14:37we'd already seen Diane go,
14:39and now Holly.
14:41But then Barker had the nerve
14:44to sue Holly
14:45for defamation of character.
14:49It really was a dark period of time
14:51on the show.
14:53He was just
14:54most interested in himself
14:57and his reputation.
14:58So Bob was
15:00just trying to clear house
15:01and, you know, save face.
15:07His whole persona changed.
15:11Everyone felt it.
15:13We were all really walking
15:15on eggshells
15:18because we love Holly.
15:20Me, Janice,
15:22everybody that was there,
15:23like Team Holly.
15:24But Bob's our boss.
15:26And little did we know,
15:28he was gunning for us.
15:31Wow.
15:33I'm really here.
15:36And here is my dressing room.
15:42I spent a lot of time right here,
15:45sitting in this chair,
15:48doing my hair.
15:52The last time I was in this room,
15:55I was fired.
15:59October 19th, 2000,
16:03was by far probably
16:05one of the worst days
16:07of my life.
16:10I went downstairs
16:11and there was
16:13the associate producer
16:15telling me
16:16to go in Bob Barker's
16:17dressing room
16:18for a meeting.
16:20Bob was nowhere around.
16:22It was the production company
16:23who gave us the news.
16:25He will no longer
16:27be a Barker beauty.
16:31I was numb.
16:33I couldn't even think.
16:35I really couldn't.
16:37I was like,
16:38did I just hear him
16:40say what I think he said?
16:43I called Janice
16:45as soon as I got home.
16:47She said,
16:48you know that bastard
16:50fired me as well?
16:53Janice,
16:54she was there 29 years.
16:58Me, 10 years.
17:00It was so hurtful
17:02to let go
17:03so abruptly
17:05without cause,
17:07without a good vibe.
17:09That was the most
17:09cowardly thing
17:11Mr. Bob Barker
17:13I think has ever done
17:14in his life.
17:18In 2000,
17:19you had a half a dozen people
17:20who were let go.
17:22It wasn't just
17:23Kathleen and Janice
17:24who were fired.
17:25There were a lot of people.
17:26Bob Barker's
17:28longtime executive assistant
17:30and their director,
17:31Paul Alter,
17:32had been working
17:33with the company
17:33for decades.
17:34In one fell swoop,
17:36them and more,
17:37gone.
17:37And it seemed to be
17:38at a time when Bob
17:39was in a lot of legal trouble
17:41and he was looking
17:42to the people around him
17:44to support him
17:46blindly.
17:47And I think that
17:48when people around him
17:49didn't support him,
17:51then came the retribution.
17:55One by one,
17:57each one of us
17:57were called into
17:58a dressing room
17:59or something.
18:02The atmosphere
18:03was so tense.
18:06And this lady
18:07from HR,
18:08she said,
18:09well,
18:10thank you for your work,
18:11but you're
18:12no longer needed.
18:18Boy,
18:20that was tough.
18:21That was
18:22a dream job for me.
18:27Eventually,
18:28the truth came out.
18:30Why all six of us
18:31were fired.
18:32We all refused to lie
18:35to save Barker's ass.
18:42People lost their jobs,
18:44they lost their homes,
18:45they lost their careers.
18:47Each of these people
18:48took a stand
18:49to do the right thing
18:50and a stand that did cause
18:51some personal consequence.
18:54But even at this time,
18:55it would take more people
18:56to turn the tide,
18:58more people speaking out.
18:59And that's where
19:00Claudia Jordan comes in.
19:04My name is Claudia Jordan,
19:06and I was at Barker's Beauty
19:07from 2000 to 2003.
19:10She alleges that she's been
19:11sexually harassed,
19:13racially discriminated against.
19:17It's 1,000% abuse of power.
19:23You ready to hear some shit?
19:34How's that?
19:35My name is Claudia Jordan,
19:37and I was at Barker's Beauty
19:39from 2000 to 2003.
19:42The second black woman
19:43in history to be on the show.
19:46I moved to L.A.
19:47with $500 to my name,
19:50didn't know anybody,
19:52and then finally I auditioned
19:53for The Price is Right,
19:56and I got the job.
19:57We have chosen
19:58as permanent Barker's beauties
20:01Claudia Jordan
20:03and Heather Kozar.
20:06We're pleased to have you with us,
20:08and we hope you'll be happy with us
20:09for years to come.
20:12Let's just put it out there.
20:13There's no way I could replace
20:14Kathleen Bradley.
20:16I was substituting for her.
20:18She's a legend.
20:20So I was honored
20:22to step into the role,
20:25but the more I found out
20:26about why she lost the job,
20:28the less positive it was.
20:37It's happy time.
20:40I'm so glad they were smart
20:42and just replaced me
20:43with such a beautiful person.
20:44I could never replace you,
20:46but it was an honor
20:47because I used to watch you,
20:48and you already know this.
20:49You already know how I feel about you,
20:50so, and I just,
20:51it was bittersweet.
20:52I was happy to work there,
20:54but I hated why,
20:56because I loved you from afar,
20:58and then I got to know you,
20:59and I love you from up close.
21:00And it just was wrong.
21:01It really was,
21:02and we were all done wrong,
21:03all three of us.
21:04I know.
21:06The Price is Right
21:07was a place
21:09that was very much
21:10about retaliation.
21:11Oh, yeah.
21:12Doing the right thing
21:13would get you kicked out.
21:14Doing the wrong thing
21:15would get you protected for years.
21:16Look at Phil,
21:16how long he was there.
21:17Yeah.
21:18Oh, please.
21:20Oh, my God,
21:20how he lasted so long.
21:22He was a piece of work.
21:24Phil Wayne was a producer.
21:26He had been on the show
21:27for decades.
21:29He was a total Nepo hire.
21:31His father was
21:31the original executive producer,
21:33and he was just
21:34walked on in.
21:36He had power,
21:37he had position,
21:39and he used it.
21:41He was also
21:43kind of a lech.
21:45He looked you up and down
21:46and knew he was undressing
21:48whomever he was looking at.
21:51One day he asked me
21:52if I would like
21:53to have breast implants,
21:55and he said,
21:56yeah, I'll pay for that
21:58if you'd like to have,
21:59you know, bigger breasts.
22:01He was always saying
22:02things like that.
22:06I remember one day
22:07I was at the touch-up station
22:08before you go on stage
22:09where you can, like,
22:10fix your makeup
22:10and just last looks,
22:11and I was in the mirror,
22:13and I was kind of, like,
22:15bent over a little bit,
22:16and Phil came right behind me,
22:19and his face was, like,
22:20right here,
22:22and I felt a hand
22:25on my butt.
22:26He, like, cupped my butt cheek,
22:29and he was, like,
22:29nice ass.
22:34And then he just walked off,
22:36and I was, like,
22:37what?
22:38Like, did anyone see that?
22:40And I looked around,
22:41and I just felt, like,
22:43yuck.
22:47We all knew that
22:48Philip was very fresh.
22:49He liked the women.
22:51You know,
22:52very touchy-feely at times.
22:54He just took advantage
22:57of his position,
22:58and, of course,
22:59Bob was okay with it.
23:01This area would be
23:03where the mirrors were set up.
23:04This would be the mirror
23:05that was set up
23:05where I was checking my makeup
23:07and hair
23:07when Phil came behind me
23:09and grabbed me.
23:09I was just like this
23:11and about to go on stage.
23:14Having a guy
23:15that you're not romantically
23:17involved in
23:18that's not only putting his hand
23:20damn near on your butt crack,
23:23it was a very
23:25powerless position.
23:27I took matters
23:29into my own hands
23:30to file a formal complaint,
23:32and after that moment,
23:34it was never the same
23:35for me at The Price is Right.
23:38The retaliation
23:39started immediately.
23:41I would make sure
23:43to get to work on time,
23:46and no matter what I did,
23:50I would be, like,
23:50three minutes late.
23:51I'm like,
23:52how is this happening?
23:54Say the meeting
23:55was at 10.30,
23:55the clock would be,
23:57like, 10.33,
23:58and I'm feeling like
23:59I'm going crazy, right?
24:01I found out
24:02from a security guard
24:03that as soon as I walked
24:04in the lot
24:05that they were supposed
24:06to report to Phil
24:07when I arrived,
24:09and I found out later on
24:10that the same security guard
24:11said,
24:12I think he set
24:12the clocks forward
24:13so you would look
24:14like you're late,
24:14and it only got worse.
24:18One day,
24:20I get called
24:21into Bob Barker's office.
24:24It's me, Phil, and Bob,
24:27and I thought it was
24:28about Phil grabbing my behind,
24:31so I was ready
24:32to, like, talk about it,
24:33and Bob Barker
24:35with a very stern tone
24:37and very intimidating
24:39says,
24:40now, Claudia,
24:41I understand
24:42and you've been late
24:43several times,
24:44and that's not acceptable here.
24:46So if you're late
24:47one more time,
24:49you will be suspended.
24:51And if you're late
24:52again after that,
24:53then you will be fired.
24:55Wait, what?
24:56Wait, that's all
24:58we're going to talk about
24:59is me being
24:59one or two minutes late,
25:00not your right-hand man
25:03inappropriately touching me?
25:05Bob cut me off,
25:06and he said,
25:07well, he said he was sorry.
25:08What more do you want,
25:10Claudia?
25:13And Phil just sat there
25:14with a smug look
25:15on his face.
25:18Once that happened,
25:19I knew Bob was the enemy.
25:22He does not have my back.
25:24He was going to protect Phil.
25:26There's a reason Phil
25:27was there for 22 years,
25:29just getting away
25:30with everything.
25:32Why did this producer
25:34believe that he could
25:36engage in the outrageous
25:37behavior that he was
25:39alleged to have engaged in?
25:41Well, because Bob Barker
25:43said so.
25:46I'm Jeannie Harrison,
25:48and I'm a women's rights
25:50lawyer.
25:51I handle sex abuse cases,
25:53including representing
25:55women against Harvey Weinstein
25:57and the Weinstein Company.
25:58I do think that there
26:00are parallels between
26:02Harvey Weinstein's story
26:04and Bob Barker's story.
26:06It still is hard for people
26:09to believe that the beloved
26:10Bob Barker could have engaged
26:13in this kind of abusive
26:15behavior.
26:16But obviously,
26:18behind the scenes,
26:19he was willing to leverage
26:22his power and intimidate
26:24people from speaking
26:25the truth.
26:27That's when I first learned
26:28the harsh reality of Hollywood.
26:30In my experience,
26:32Price is Right was much
26:34darker than anyone could
26:35imagine.
26:46Claudia Jordan's story
26:48when it comes to
26:48The Price is Right
26:49is sad.
26:50She was a victim
26:52of that culture
26:53of bigotry
26:55and harassment.
26:58There's a lot of bad behavior
26:59at The Price is Right.
27:00It's a good old boys club.
27:02But the one man
27:03that caused me
27:04the most grief
27:05and stress
27:07and anguish
27:10was the producer.
27:12He was abusing me
27:13not only physically,
27:14but mentally.
27:16Other comments
27:17that Phil would make
27:18carried on that
27:19old spirit of racism.
27:21Let's make a reverse
27:22Oreo, Claudia,
27:23and you get in the middle
27:24of the two,
27:25you know,
27:25white models.
27:29Telling me I'm the
27:30ass model
27:31because stereotypically
27:32black women are known
27:33to have a larger behind
27:35and I guess that's why
27:36he wanted to grab it
27:37and feel it.
27:43stuff like that
27:44over the course
27:44of three years
27:45will kind of
27:46weigh you down
27:47or just like,
27:48damn,
27:49why are you so comfortable
27:50to talk to me like that?
27:51It definitely reveals
27:53an even darker side
27:55of the show
27:56and the racial profiling
27:58even down to the contestants.
28:00What I'm looking for
28:01in a contestant
28:02is someone ready
28:02to have a good time
28:03with us.
28:04They would go through
28:05potential audience members
28:06in the line
28:07looking for contestants.
28:08I think I'll be chosen
28:09because I'm
28:10an adorable person.
28:11It was stereotypes
28:13that were definitely
28:14pushed on the show.
28:17Negative stereotypes
28:18of black people.
28:20I know, that's all.
28:23Like the overweight
28:24black woman.
28:27The extra loud,
28:29ridiculous person.
28:36And then I started
28:37to hear that
28:39they were only allowed
28:40to have two black
28:40contestants on the show
28:42at a time.
28:44And that was
28:45a direct instruction
28:47from Bob Barker.
28:51And to let Barker know
28:54the race of the contestant
28:56that's about to come
28:57on down,
28:59they would have
29:00the letter B
29:01written on the card.
29:04I think he just
29:06didn't care
29:07to be that close
29:08to somebody
29:09that was not white.
29:14It was pretty sad.
29:16A black contestant
29:17may try to hug
29:19Bob Barker
29:19and he would
29:20kind of shrink
29:22away from them.
29:29Don't attack me.
29:31Don't touch me.
29:35How shitty is that?
29:37That culture
29:38of racism
29:41started at the top
29:43and trickled down.
29:45I think it's very sad
29:46because these are all
29:47people that are looking
29:48to live that dream
29:49and as a fan of the show
29:50is just super unfortunate.
29:53You know,
29:54when you go through
29:55something like this
29:55and it's just
29:57multiple incidents
29:58that happen
29:59on the racism front,
30:00on the sexual harassment
30:01front,
30:02on the retaliation front,
30:05there's only so much
30:06a girl should take.
30:10They really did me dirty.
30:12I wasn't going to sit around
30:13and just let this happen
30:14to me and be a victim.
30:16They messed with the wrong one.
30:19I remember the day
30:21came to work
30:23and the end of every show
30:25a model goes out
30:26and has the microphone
30:27and gets to, like,
30:29say hello to the audience.
30:30So I got the microphone
30:32and I said,
30:33I just want to say something.
30:35Um,
30:36damn,
30:37I kept on feeling
30:37like this already.
30:39I was like,
30:40I can't do this anymore.
30:41The stuff I have to deal with
30:43behind the scenes,
30:43I can't do it anymore
30:44and I'm going to miss this,
30:47but this is my last day.
30:49I found the lawyer
30:50that was representing Holly.
30:53Holly's case
30:54definitely gave me strength
30:55and especially since
30:56I had the same lawyer.
30:57I felt like I had a great case
30:58and they got hit
30:59with their paperwork
31:00the next day.
31:01They made my life
31:02a living hell
31:03and I was determined
31:05to return the favor.
31:18I was a young girl.
31:20I just had a very
31:21honest dream
31:23of coming to Hollywood,
31:24being on television
31:25and making my family proud.
31:28Then I have to deal
31:29with some pervy guy
31:30putting his hands on me
31:32and then I just
31:33got to shut up
31:34and take it
31:34because Bob Barker,
31:36who I grew up
31:37admiring watching his show,
31:39did not give a shit.
31:41That's not right.
31:48So I sued
31:49the production company
31:50in 2004
31:50for sexual harassment,
31:53retaliation,
31:54racial discrimination
31:55and a bunch
31:56of other things.
32:02the production company
32:03settled with me
32:04out of court
32:06and Phil Wayne
32:07loses his job
32:09but gets sent off
32:10with a hefty package
32:13and that's just
32:14how this world goes.
32:16Boy, when I tell you,
32:17when I come back
32:18on my next life,
32:18I need to be a man,
32:20a mediocre,
32:21fat, ugly man
32:22that just gets away
32:24with everything.
32:27but I am proud
32:28to say that
32:29mine was the only
32:31case
32:31where the perpetrator
32:34actually
32:34lost his job.
32:38I heard many people
32:39try to get him out
32:40before me
32:40but apparently
32:41the show was okay
32:42with keeping him around,
32:44sending the women off
32:46but I did it
32:47and I'll always
32:48be proud about that.
32:49I feel like I saved
32:51some other women.
32:53I've always felt
32:54like I was built
32:55to kind of fight
32:56for justice
32:58and Holly's case
33:00definitely gave me strength.
33:01She never gave up
33:04her fight
33:04against Bob Barker.
33:09Bob Barker's
33:10defamation lawsuit
33:11against former model
33:12Holly Hallstrom
33:13rages on
33:14nearly five years later.
33:16From the very beginning,
33:18I knew that the lawsuit
33:20was going to be
33:21a long siege.
33:23Bob would never quit
33:25until he had played
33:26every trick
33:28in the book.
33:29It's like a chess game.
33:31It's like a legal
33:32maneuvering chess game
33:34and that went on
33:36for years.
33:37Holly Hallstrom's
33:39legal battle
33:40was epic.
33:41The guts that it took
33:42for her
33:44to defend her name
33:45against
33:46one of the most
33:48beloved men
33:49in Bob Barker
33:53that is incredibly
33:56inspiring.
34:01He really wanted
34:03to destroy you
34:04until you were
34:05as low as you could get.
34:09I watched him
34:10do it to Diane
34:12and I was determined
34:14he was not going
34:15to do that to me.
34:17The whole thing
34:18dragged on
34:19for five years
34:22and all of a sudden
34:24he dropped
34:25the lawsuit.
34:26After a five-year
34:27standoff,
34:28Bob Barker
34:28has officially
34:29dropped his
34:29defamation lawsuit
34:30against former
34:31model Holly Hallstrom.
34:33Two, three days
34:34before trial
34:35and Bob Barker
34:37and The Price is Right
34:38dropped their
34:39defamation lawsuit
34:41against Holly Hallstrom
34:43reads one way
34:45to me.
34:46The last thing
34:47they want
34:47is a public trial
34:49with testimony
34:50by all of the witnesses
34:52who are corroborating
34:54Holly Hallstrom's
34:56version of events.
34:58But more importantly,
35:00she doesn't back down.
35:01She says,
35:02I'm going to file
35:03a lawsuit
35:04against Bob Barker
35:05for malicious
35:07prosecution.
35:09Because when
35:10somebody sues you,
35:12drags you through
35:12court for five years
35:14and then drops it
35:15right before it's
35:16due to go to trial,
35:17that is called
35:18malicious prosecution.
35:21I had a perfect case
35:23for malicious prosecution.
35:25Holly really was
35:27just pissed.
35:28She's basically
35:30in the ring
35:31fighting this
35:32death match
35:33with him.
35:35They did offer me
35:37a settlement
35:37that would include
35:39a non-disclosure agreement,
35:40meaning that
35:41I could not speak
35:42publicly
35:43about the show.
35:45I knew that
35:47I was not going
35:48to sign an NDA
35:49because he is
35:51a liar.
35:52He is
35:53a shameless,
35:55self-promoting liar.
35:57This company
35:59has not
36:00fired people
36:02over the years.
36:03I was fired.
36:05I had truth
36:06on my side.
36:07There was no
36:09justice
36:10if
36:11you can win
36:12because you have
36:13more money.
36:15Over the years,
36:17I sold my house,
36:19savings account,
36:20portfolio,
36:22all of it
36:23was spent just trying
36:24to stay
36:25in this lawsuit.
36:27I just didn't
36:28want him to win.
36:41Throughout the
36:42whole ten years
36:44of this legal battle,
36:46I lost everything.
36:48I was totally
36:50broke
36:51and living
36:52out of my car.
36:53I would just
36:54stay with friends
36:55and family
36:56because the moment
36:58I couldn't afford
36:59to stay
37:00in this lawsuit,
37:02then I would
37:03have to settle
37:04and I was
37:06not going
37:06to do that.
37:10That's a real
37:11testament to Holly.
37:12She waited
37:13this out.
37:14She's like,
37:15I'm digging
37:15in my heels.
37:16I believe in this
37:18plan.
37:18I believe he's wrong.
37:19I'm not going
37:20to settle with them.
37:21And then
37:22all of a sudden
37:24the lawsuit
37:24changed 180 degrees.
37:28The judge
37:28had denied
37:29the last motion
37:31and ordered
37:32it to trial.
37:33And he could
37:35never,
37:36never let this
37:37go to trial.
37:38From that point
37:39on,
37:39it was over.
37:41He had to pay.
37:42They gave me
37:43everything I wanted,
37:45including
37:46no NDA.
37:48to trial.
37:49Holly took
37:50a very dramatic
37:51public stand
37:53and she really
37:54wasn't doing it
37:55for recognition.
37:57This was something
37:58she did for herself,
37:59she did for those
37:59other women.
38:00Very few people
38:01have that fortitude.
38:04I was always told
38:06to not speak up
38:07against
38:08the establishment.
38:09It would hurt
38:10my career,
38:11but my life
38:13exploded
38:14once I
38:15took a stance
38:16and stood up
38:18to the powers that be.
38:20I filed my lawsuit
38:22in 2001
38:22for wrongful termination.
38:25I never got
38:26a million dollar
38:27settlement,
38:28but I did have
38:29one moment
38:30of vindication
38:31at the Ports House
38:33as we met
38:34in the hallway.
38:35I pointed at him
38:37and I said,
38:38Barker,
38:38one day
38:39you're going
38:40to go straight
38:40to hell.
38:42As I was walking
38:43away,
38:44his eyes got
38:45very, very big
38:46because nobody
38:48talks to him
38:49like that.
38:50That was the best
38:50moment ever
38:51and it still is.
38:55I'll show you
38:56who's the boss.
38:58Janice and I
38:59put in a lawsuit,
39:00wrongful termination.
39:02They did give us
39:03a nice little settlement.
39:04Oh!
39:06By and large,
39:07I wouldn't change
39:08a thing.
39:08I am so happy
39:10and proud
39:10that I was able
39:11to be the first
39:13black model
39:13on The Price is Right.
39:15I love you.
39:16And most importantly,
39:18the real truth
39:20did come out.
39:26You know,
39:26in 2007,
39:27Barker tapes
39:28his last appearance.
39:29I want to thank you
39:31very, very much
39:32for inviting me
39:34into your home
39:35for the last
39:3650 years.
39:41The way that he's
39:42presenting it
39:43is that he's
39:45in his 80s
39:45and the time
39:46has come.
39:47But, you know,
39:48what also is coming
39:49out is that he was
39:51pushed out
39:52at this point.
39:55It took the most
39:57loyal fan base
39:58of Bob Barker
39:59so long
39:59to realize
40:00maybe there is
40:01a dark side
40:02to this guy.
40:04But his troubles
40:05just kept mounting
40:06and mounting.
40:08There was so much
40:10legal pressure
40:11on him
40:12that if he had
40:13stayed,
40:14I think that
40:15the force
40:16would have been
40:17strong enough
40:17to not only
40:18blow him away
40:18but the whole show.
40:28Tributes are
40:28pouring in today
40:29for Price is Right
40:30host Bob Barker
40:31who died of
40:32natural causes
40:32at age 99
40:34at his Hollywood
40:35Hills home.
40:37Definitely
40:37the fact that
40:38he had passed away
40:39I think
40:40gave certain people
40:41a sense of
40:43permission
40:43to tell this
40:44really important
40:45untold story
40:46that has tremendous
40:47relevance for right now.
40:49When I look
40:50at that show now
40:51I really think
40:51of the women
40:52and I think
40:52of the stands
40:53that they took
40:54and what they
40:54were dealing with
40:55and how they won
40:56the game
40:56in the end of it.
41:00These women
41:01brought some
41:02of the earliest
41:04cases
41:05of sexual harassment
41:08discrimination
41:09and retaliation
41:11against one
41:12of the most
41:12powerful men
41:15in the entertainment
41:16business.
41:17They really were
41:18the unsung warriors
41:19of me too.
41:21Looking back now
41:24I can't believe
41:26I made it.
41:28This stuff is still
41:29going on
41:30and you have
41:32to make a choice
41:34because if you
41:35choose to fight
41:36you're going to be
41:37fighting hard
41:39and for a long time.
41:41but if you don't
41:43then you have
41:45to live
41:45with the fact
41:46that you
41:47have allowed
41:48yourself
41:49to be abused
41:51and that
41:52will stay
41:54in your soul.
41:54in your soul.
42:09you
42:10you
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